LOCAL NATURE RESERVES, WOODLANDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND PUBLIC ACCESS
POLICY R10
THE COUNCIL, IN CONSULTATION WITH ENGLISH NATURE, WILL DESIGNATE LOCAL NATURE RESERVES IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS AND ENHANCE THEIR CHARACTER AND NATURE CONSERVATION VALUE. SUITABLY CONTROLLED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THESE SITES WILL BE PERMITTED.
THE FOLLOWING SITES HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED AS POTENTIAL NEW LOCAL NATURE RESERVES BY THE COUNCIL:-
i) EXTENSIONS TO SCOTCH GILL AND BOROUGH WOODS.
ii) ELLINGTON AND LYNEMOUTH DENES AND CHUGDON WOODS.
iii) HOWBURN AND BLUEBELL WOODS.
LOCAL NATURE RESERVES, WOODLANDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND PUBLIC ACCESS
9.19.1 Local nature reserves are important because they contain features of ecological or wildlife interest which are worthy of special protection and management. Sites can only be designated where a Local Authority either owns the land or has negotiated a lease or satisfactory management agreement with the owner.
LOCAL NATURE RESERVES, WOODLANDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND PUBLIC ACCESS
9.19.1 Local nature reserves are important because they contain features of ecological or wildlife interest which are worthy of special protection and management. Sites can only be designated where a Local Authority either owns the land or has negotiated a lease or satisfactory management agreement with the owner.
9.19.2 The Council at present has five nature reserves, declared under the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Acts, these being Carlisle Park, Scotch Gill, Davies Wood, Heddon Common and the Borough Woods. All five sites have the potential for informal recreational and educational activity, appropriately managed so as not to be in conflict with the character of the reserves.